Florida priority 5-star OL target sets commitment date
It’s down to Florida, Alabama, Miami, Tennessee and USC for IMG Academy five-star offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa. The top-ranked offensive tackle in the country now has a commitment date locked in, according to 247Sports. He’ll make the announcement live on CBS Sports HQ on Monday, July 4, at 3 p.m. EDT.
Mauigoa could land at any of the five schools he’s still considering after taking official visits to each of them in June. Florida was only his second official visit, but it’s also the school he’s visited the most as well.
“That visit was crazy,” Mauigoa said to Swamp247 following the trip. “It was one of my favorite official visits. I keep on coming back here, you start to feel like more of a relationship. I’m starting to feel that bond and now I am comfortable with them.”
Despite those comments, Florida is far from favored in this race. Mauigoa’s final trip to Tennessee provided some familiarity for his family with Nico Imaleava’s grandfather on campus. Iamaleava and Maugioa’s dad hit off speaking Samoan with each other, and there’s a level of comfortability that isn’t present at other schools. It’s the same reason Hawaii has hung around as the sixth option.
On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine favors the Volunteers in this race right now, but things could change in the coming days. Once Mauigoa’s decided, he’ll focus on his senior season and get ready for early graduation.
The 247Sports composite ranks Mauigoa at No. 9 overall in the class of 2023 and No. 1 among offensive tackles in the class. He’s also considered the third-best recruit out of Florida in the cycle.
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